From CAADP: Dar es Salaam, 8th July 2010, The United Republic of Tanzania (URT) became the 19th African country to sign the African Union and NEPAD Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP) Compact after a successful Roundtable conference.

Read more here and here.

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CAADP News: Delegates at the 6th CAADP Partnership Platform (PP) declared that progress in reducing poverty and hunger in African countries has been made, but that much more must be done in order to hasten the pace. In addition, signficant gains have been made in implementing CAADP, with 18 countries signing compacts as of April, 2010. The delegates agreed that the roadmap for the remainder of 2010 should focus on countries which had already signed compacts.

Representatives from ReSAKSS presented the validated "Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) System for the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)" at the 6th CAADP Partnership Platform (PP) in Johannesburg, South Africa which took place from April 21-23, 2010.

On April 19th to 20th, 2010, Malawi held its Roundtable culminating in the signing of its CAADP compact. Malawi becomes the 18th country on the continent to do so.

The signed CAADP compact is downloadable here [PDF].

On April 6th to 7th, 2010, Guinea held its Roundtable culminating in the signing of its CAADP compact. Guinea becomes the twelfth country in West Africa and the 17th on the continent to do so.

More information forthcoming.

The Republic of Uganda signed the CAADP Compact at its Roundtable meeting on March 31, 2010. The high level ceremony was presided over by the third Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda H.E. Haji Kirunda Kivejinja at the Speke Resort Hotel, Munyonyo, on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Download the signed CAADP compact here. Uganda's stocktaking brochures and investment brochures are available for download on the Uganda CAADP Implementation page of the ReSAKSS website.

Swaziland became the fourth COMESA country to hold its Roundtable and sign a national CAADP compact. The signing ceremony took place on 4th March 2010 at the Convention Center in Ezulwini Swaziland after the CAADP Roundtable meeting held on 3rd March.

Senegal and Cape Verde now join the twelve other countries in Africa that have held Roundtables and signed CAADP compacts. Senegal held their Roundtable from February 9 to 10, 2010 while Cape Verde held theirs on December 10 and 11, 2009.

Five additional countries have now scheduled dates for their Roundtables and compact signings by mid-April, 2010, including Malawi, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Status updates including upcoming scheduled Roundtables are available on the ReSAKSS website.